[mmercier]

Wonder how many millions of taxpayer dollars it cost to find out what most people knew when they were 14...?

[webheart]

I’m not sure what they are trying to say here. It sounds like they want more protection of sexual minorities from victimization experiences, but the crux of the research seems to indicate that sexual minorityism is the result of childhood sexual abuse.

[ScreamingFist]

Not only are there higher rates of violence and victimization among sexual minorities, but there is also a higher rate of substance abuse, Hughes said.

Oooh, ohhh. A new term I haven't heard.....sexual minorities....... That said, most be people without university degrees already know that if you hang out with a speed freak, heroin addict or drunk, you have a better chance of getting you butt beat. Thank you, U of Illinois.

[CholeraJoe]

Excuse me I have to go throw up.

[Lazamataz]

A strong link between victimization experiences and substance abuse has been discovered by researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

That's what I've observed, when in the rooms of AA and NA.

[JoeProBono]

[Trillian]

Yet they keep on telling their lies about being ‘born that way’.

[fwdude]

"The research also concluded that gay, lesbian and bisexual youth may use substances to cope with adverse psychological and interpersonal effects of victimization, increasing the risk for further victimization from others, she said."

Yeah, it's always our fault that sexual perverts abuse drugs and alcohol. Kind of like AIDS was our fault, too.